When the Republican-controlled Oklahoma Legislature begins next year’s session, state leaders say one of their top priorities will be overhauling the state’s tax code with an eye toward further reducing the personal income tax.

A pilot program at Union and Tulsa schools has given high school students a jump-start to college.

Some would like to see pseudoephedrine as a Schedule III drug. And if that change occurs, you would need a prescription from a doctor to get it.

Members of Governor Fallin’s volunteer task force on economic development and job creation presented her with their report titled, “Bold Ideas for Oklahoma.”Task force members include private and public sector workers, CEO’s and job-creators from across the state.

Oklahoma’s liquor laws are in the state constitution. The rules that liquor stores must follow are strict and the bar has been purposefully set high to keep alcohol out of the hands of minors. Would the bar be set equally high for grocery stores?

Rating governors isn’t difficult, but you have to bookend them. What did you do in your four or eight years in office, because only your service tour matters? Your predecessors are not on trial. You are the one who is being rated.

Insurance Commissioner John Doak has said the company that manages the nation’s largest database of workers’ compensation insurance information has filed a request with the Oklahoma Insurance Department to decrease the cost of workers’ compensation insurance in Oklahoma.

Some big policy issues are getting a thorough review this summer. Three legislative committees are already busy looking at tax incentives, the new federal health care law, and the future of Oklahoma’s water. Two of these committees have already met, and another will begin with a hearing in September. Here is a summary of the committees and what the legislators are studying.

Websites aren’t free. And as the public expects more and more from government websites, including real-time updates, alternate mobile formats, and greater amounts of information, this is a good way to fund those improvements

It’s often referred to as a “back-to-school” sales tax holiday, but that’s technically not what it is. And one state representative believes the law should be changed to include school supplies and remove unnecessary items.